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October 26th, 2016 07:00
Difficulty Setting up a Simple Email Alert
Hello All,
I am trying to setup a simple email alert that alerts me when the Used Percentage in the report below goes above 90% .
I have followed instructions as per the alerting guide, and I was able to get the report scheduled and sent to the APG Report Data adapter and I was able to see the .xml file that got generated in the Alerting Backend.
I have the below alert defenition , however it does not send out email at all. I am not sure what I am doing incorrectly, any help on this will be appreciated.
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isakats
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October 26th, 2016 12:00
Hi littlefinger,
First thing that comes to mind would be to make sure the report name and filter match, i.e.: is the report that you scheduled called VMAXThinPoolAlert_Report ?
Second thing would be to validate that the smtp settings are good; if you use Test Action, do you receive a test email ?
Regards,
Isaka
nerdnair
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October 26th, 2016 12:00
Hello Isaka
Yes my report is named as VMAXThinPoolAlert_Report, also I get an email without any Properties, Value when I click on Test Action.
I have pasted the content from the .xml file generated at the Alerting BackEnd when I launch the Scheduled Report. Please see below
- thArray
- thPool-
- thUsed Percentage-
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- @id:f739d493
- ts000192604754
- tsEFD400_VP-
- tv94.99
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- @numeric-value:94.99
- @state:critical
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isakats
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October 27th, 2016 06:00
Hi littlefinger,,
The empty properties are expected when you use Test Action, have you tried probing the alert ?
You can right click on a active alert and select Probe, then select the filtered entry point, Comparator and links between the component then run the scheduled report and.
You should see the report being received and processed trough the components, if you the report doesnt show up in the probe, you should try modifying the filter to something like reportName is present and run the test again. If you still dont see the report being processed, you can check the alerting backend log to see if there's any warnings or severe errors.
You can also open a service request with support to assist with the debugging trough webex.
Regards,
Isaka
nerdnair
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October 27th, 2016 08:00
Hello Isaka
Thanks a lot for your suggestions and help, I was able to get it working with help from a friend. The Alert was not parsing the Used Percentage column correctly in the filter. I had to change the column name to 'Percentage' and modify the alert filter to get it working.
I guess the alert filter does not like the space between the column names.